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  • 23 - Difficulties with Eating

  • from Part 3 - What Are the Common Mental Health Difficulties in Children and Young People and How Are They Managed? What Can You Do to Help?
  • Meinou Simmons
  • Book:
    A Guide to the Mental Health of Children and Young People
    Published online:
    27 October 2022
    Print publication:
    03 November 2022, pp 353-373

  • Summary

    Chapter 23 considers the wide range of eating difficulties and disorders that children and young people may experience. We discuss common eating-related difficulties in children including fussy eating and then go on to discuss eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and consider how these disorders are diagnosed and treated.

The Picky Eater's Recovery Book
  • Overcoming Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • Jennifer J. Thomas, Kendra R. Becker, Kamryn T. Eddy
  • Published online:
    03 September 2021
    Print publication:
    12 August 2021
  • Are you a picky eater? Do you worry that food will make you vomit or choke? Do you find eating to be a chore? If yes, this book is for you! Your struggles could be caused by Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID); a disorder characterized by eating a limited variety or volume of food. You may have been told that you eat like a child, but ARFID affects people right across the lifespan, and this book is the first specifically written to support adults. Join Drs. Jennifer Thomas, Kendra Becker, and Kamryn Eddy - three ARFID experts at Harvard Medical School - to learn how to beat your ARFID at home and unlock a healthier relationship with food. Real-life examples show that you are not alone, while practical tips, quizzes, worksheets, and structured activities, take you step-by-step through the latest evidence-based treatment techniques to support your recovery.

  • Mentalization in developmental age’s eating disorders: Comparison between anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)

  • F. Gigliotti, C. Basile, M. Colaiori, A. Terrinoni, I. Ardizzone, F. Di Santo
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 64 / Issue S1 / April 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 August 2021, p. S84
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  • Introduction

    Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) are two primary restrictive eating disorders described in DSM-5, characterized both of them by insufficient food intake. This behavior In ARFID is not driven by weight and shape concerns that tipify AN. While there are several studies that highlight the presence of mentalizing difficulties in AN, there are still no data about mentalizing profile in ARFID.

    Objectives

    The aim of this study was to better characterize the mentalizing profile of AN and ARFID children and adolescent.

    Methods

    Two groups of AN or ARFID outpatients (15+15), aged 6 to 18 years, were assessed by Alexythimia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) and Toronto Alexythimia Scale-20 (TAS-20) to evaluate alexythimia; by Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and Basic Empathy Scale (BES) to assess empathy; by NEPSY-II social perception subtests to evaluate Theory of Mind and Emotion recognition. Exclusion criteria were the presence of intellectual disability, pervasive developmental disorders and binge eating behavior (eating disorder other than AN or ARFID).

    Results

    Preliminary results showed different mentalizing profiles between ARFID and AN patients, with differences in the score for affective empathy, lower in ARFID than in AN patients while the score for alexythimia traits resulted higher in AN population.

    Conclusions

    By our results, mentalization impairment appeared trans-diagnostic across several eating disorders. This first result should be further improved to better analyze this construct in order to develop effective clinical intervention to improve the subject’s affective regulation.

    Disclosure

    No significant relationships.

  • ARFID: old wine in a new bottle?: COMMENTARY ON… AVOIDANT/RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER

  • Glenn Waller
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Advances / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / March 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    11 February 2019, pp. 99-100
    Print publication:
    March 2019
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  • In this commentary, some aspects of the context of this diagnosis are considered. It is suggested that avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is principally a reconfiguration of existing problems. However, it is also stressed that we still need to develop treatments that help patients and their families, given the expectation that has been fuelled by the promotion of the new diagnostic scheme. In developing those therapies, we should not forget that we previously had a number of psychosocial treatment approaches that were helpful for such children when their problems were labelled differently.

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    None.